Water Works!!

t_dun

Hey guys,

On teaching practice at the mo and looking to do the theme of 'water and sea life' for next week. I have some ideas but wondering if anyone has any good suggestion for History & English lessons under this topic? Also any ideas for music and religion welcome... The kids have already done Noah's Ark so that's out but is there any other bible stories that would fall under this theme?? Oh i've Junior Infants by the way, so lessons must be fun and lots of activities..

All ideas GREATLY appreciated

dambarude

Religion: Loads of stories on water in Alive O, but they're not usually covered until later.

• The calming of the Sea of Galilee (Alive O 5)
• Jesus walks on water
• Turning of water into wine (too difficult for infants I'd say)
• Holy water and baptism - being welcomed into the community (I think that's covered in Alive O 2 somewhere?

English: The picturebook/big book The Pig in the Pond maybe? There's stuff on it here. .

History: Stumped...

Science: You're probably doing floating and sinking? I've done it with Seniors before... it works well as long as you have good big bowls (to avoid good big splashes!).

ayumi

search on google they have great ideas!

Cailin CoisFarraige

If you went for Pig in the Pond for English, a skills-based sequencing lesson might work for History? I don't know what you did for your History assignment last semester, but lots of the Mary I heads should have sequencing lessons you could adapt for it

nosietoes

Shelley Silvertail the Mermaid by James Mahew might be a nice read aloud book tho not available in big book format. Or an abridged simplified version of the little mermaid perhaps?

RandomIrl

english the rainbow fish
music, octopuses garden/yellow submarine/under the sea#
history.... eemmmmmm ill have a think

t_dun

Thanks a mill guys for the replies... Some great ideas Yup il do pig in the pond for english if i can get my hands on the book and doing rainbow fish in drama. For history i was thinking of doing archeology in a box, ya know the one where they dig in sand and maybe have stuff like shells, seaweed and that in it? Do ye think this would work? Also any ideas for PE lessons that they dont go too crazy for cos my supervisor wants to see PE, doesnt have to be linked to the theme!

Thanks for all the help!!!

t_dun

Haha yes us mary i heads have plenty of sequencing lesson alryt

dambarude

t_dun wrote: »

Also any ideas for PE lessons that they dont go too crazy for cos my supervisor wants to see PE, doesnt have to be linked to the theme!

That's an unusual subject to request to see, no? What about the Birdie dance? Or another dance like it?

mikemac

Fionn MacCool and the Salmon of knowledge
Great story, the children will love it

Do they still teach the old Irish stories in school?

Yellow Submarine will work for singing in a classroom, you couldn't come up with an easier song for children to learn